American Sport Dance Games® Meets

A Different Direction for Studio Dance Competition

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American Sport Dance Games® was created as an answer to what many parents, teachers, and studio owners are saying and have been since 1973.

 

Dance families are concerned about rising costs to travel to events and for monthly competition tuition fees. Teachers are frustrated by subjective placements at competitions. Studio owners are working harder than ever to keep students enrolled while competing with after-school programs that may appear less expensive but are not. At the same time, much of the dance studio industry has been shaped by vendors, costume companies, and event expenses that do not always support the long-term health of the studio.

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American Sport Dance Games® offers a different direction.

 

ASDG is not another traditional dance competition tour. It was designed to provide independent dance studios who are members of AADI with more affordable, educational, and team-focused competitive experience.

 

ASDG meets are designed to be completed in one day. There are no soloists, no titles no duo trios, small groups or productions. Studios enter teams that compete only with other studios in their appropriate division.

 

Each team presents one routine, with the possibility of a second routine as the program develops. Music must be family-appropriate, and dancers wear coordinated studio team uniforms rather than expensive individual costumes.

 

The focus is not on how many routines a family can afford to enter. The focus is on teamwork, student progress, studio participation, and providing dancers with positive competitive experience.

 

A Different Approach to Scoring

Teachers have expressed frustration with subjective scoring and placements that can vary greatly from one competition to another.

 

American Sport Dance Games® uses an objective rubric benchmark system. Teams are evaluated according to clearly identified skills, performance standards, and the Domain Dance® level in which they are entered.

 

Judges are trained and certified to use the ASDG rubric so teachers and students can better understand what was achieved and what should be improved.

 

The goal is not simply to rank dancers against one another. The goal is to provide meaningful feedback that supports education, progress, and continued participation.

 

Designed for Studio Dance Teams

American Sport Dance Games® is for studio dance teams. It is especially appropriate for younger competitive students, performance teams, and dancers who would benefit from a structured team experience without the cost and exhaustion often associated with traditional multi-day competitions.

Studios compete only with other studios in their designated division. This allows independently owned studios who are members of AADI, to participate within a structure that recognizes differences in enrollment, facilities, staffing, and available resources.

 

ASDG is not trying to duplicate what already exists. It is creating another choice.

 

The dance studio industry does not need another version of the same thing. It needs a new model that helps studios keep students, support families, recognize progress, and build income around education instead of exhaustion.

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Full event structure, curriculum alignment, and ownership details are shared with seminar attendees. The ASDG format is discussed during Domain Dance®/Regional Meet Director Workshop.​

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​Hosting and Sponsoring Dance Studios

• Hosting or sponsoring dance studios are needed to help promote seminars through word-of-mouth referrals.

• Host studios help introduce the seminars and ASDG to like-minded dance studio owners and educators in their area.

• Host studio owners of a DOMAIN DANCE® workshop receive a commission for each attendee they recruit to attend a seminar.

 

A New Model for Studio Dance-Team Competition

• American Sport Dance Games® Meets offer an alternative to the current studio dance competition model which began in 1973.

• The program gives teachers, and studio owners, the opportunity for state-level location event ownership for profit.

• Meets focus on competitive achievement based on the skills and performance expectations students are learning through Domain Dance® in the Dance Classroom®.

• Only members of the American Association of Dance Instructors® are eligible to enter ASDG events.

• Parents do not have to travel nor bear the expense of hotel bills or other unforeseen expenses

• AADI membership are available only to eligible dance educators and studio owners, not parents or owners of competing events.

• Regional Meet Directors are required to sign an NDA and complete a background and credit check.

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The Path to Attend or Own an ASDG Meet

The path to participating in or becoming a Regional Meet Director begins with membership in the American Association of Dance Instructors® and attendance at an in-person Domain Dance® / Regional Meet Director Workshop.

Listed below are the locations where Dance Studio By Design® would like to hold fall workshops, with the goal of offering American Sport Dance Games® meets for six consecutive weeks beginning in March.

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If your studio is available to host one of these workshops, please contact us using the information provided.

ASDG meets are not like the dance competitions you are accustomed to attending. They are designed to be completed in one day and will feature:

• Studios competing only against other studios within their division

• Team entries only

• One routine per team, with the possibility of a second routine

• Costuming in studio team wear only

• Clear rules and regulations developed with input from AADI members

 

How many times have you attended a competition and thought, “I could do this better?”

This may be your opportunity.

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Proposed/Tentative Fall Workshop Locations and Dates

Is your studio available to hold a workshop?

September 9 — Walpole, Massachusetts
September 16 — Wakefield, Massachusetts
September 23 — Canton, Massachusetts
September 30 — Plymouth, Massachusetts
October 7 — Providence, Rhode Island
October 14 — Portland, Maine

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Proposed/Tenative ASDG Meet Locations and Dates

March 6 — Walpole, Massachusetts Area
March 13 — Massachusetts North Shore
March 20 — Norwood, Massachusetts
March 27 — Plymouth, Massachusetts
April 3 — Providence, Rhode Island Area
April 10 — Portland, Maine

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Full event structure, curriculum alignment, and ownership details are shared with seminar attendees. The ASDG format is discussed during Domain Dance®/Regional Meet Director Workshop.​​​

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Learn More About ASDG By Attending A Domain Dance®/Regional Meet Director Workshop

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